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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Semin Cell Dev Biol. 2011 Oct 24;23(1):58–64. doi: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2011.10.024

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Distinct ephrin reverse signaling in presynaptic structure. Upon encountering Eph molecules expressed on the surface of target cells, ephrin-As interact with neurotrophin receptor TrkB and P75 NTR to regulate axon growth/attraction and retraction/pruning. Ephrin-A molecules also recruit ADAM10 to cleave the attachment of ephrin-As to terminate the signals. In contrast to ephrin-A molecules, ephrin-B molecules become clustered and tyrosine phosphorylated upon axon-cell contact. This results in Grb4 binding to ephrin-B3 via its SH2 domain and recruitment of both Dock180 and PAK via its second SH3 domain to increase Rac-GTP levels and downstream of active Rac for axon retraction/pruning. In addition, the PDZ binding motif in the C-terminus of ephrin-B is able to bind syntenin to induce presynaptic development.